SAT Subject Test: Biology E/M (REA) -- The Best Test Prep for the SAT (Test Preps)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Molecular Basis of Life
Units and Microscopy
Properties of Chemical Reactions
Molecular Bonds and Forces
Acids and Bases
Properties of Cellular Constituents
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 2: Cells and Tissues
Classification of Cells
Functions of Cellular Organelles
Types of Animal Tissue
Types of Plant Tissue
Movement of Materials Across Membranes
Specialization and Properties of Life
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 3: Cellular Metabolism
Properties of Enzymes
Types of Cellular Reactions
Energy Production in the Cell
Anaerobic and Aerobic Reactions
The Krebs Cycle and Glycolysis
Electron Transport
Reactions of ATP
Anabolism and Catabolism
Energy Expenditure
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 4: The Interrelationship of Living Things
Taxonomy of Organisms
Nutritional Requirements and Procurement
Environmental Chains and Cycles
Diversification of the Species
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 5: Bacteria and Viruses
Bacterial Morphology and Characteristics
Bacterial Nutrition
Bacterial Reproduction
Bacterial Genetics
Pathological and Constructive Effects of Bacteria
Viral Morphology and Characteristics
Viral Genetics
Viral Pathology
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 6: Algae and Fungi
Types of Algae
Characteristics of Fungi
Differentiation of Algae and Fungi
Evolutionary Characteristics of Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 7: The Bryophytes and Lower Vascular Plants
Environmental Adaptations
Classification of Lower Vascular Plants
Differentiation Between Mosses and Ferns
Comparison Between Vascular and Non-Vascular Plants
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 8: The Seed Plants
Classification of Seed Plants
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
Seeds
Monocots and Dicots
Reproduction in Seed Plants
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 9: General Characteristics of Green Plants
Reproduction
Photosynthetic Pigments
Reactions of Photosynthesis
Plant Respiration
Transport Systems in Plants
Tropisms
Plant Hormones
Regulation of Photoperiodism
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 10: Nutrition and Transport in Seed Plants
Properties of Roots
Differentiation Between Roots and Stems
Herbaceous and Woody Plants
Gas Exchange
Transpiration and Guttation
Nutrient and Water Transport
Environmental Influences on Plants
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 11: Lower Invertebrates
The Protozoans
Characteristics
Flagellates
Sarcodines
Ciliates
Porifera
Coelenterata
The Acoelomates
Platyhelminthes
Nemertina
The Pseduocoelomates
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 12: Higher Invertebrates
The Protostomia
Molluscs
Annelids
Arthropods
Classification
External Morphology
Musculature
The Senses
Organ Systems
Reproduction and Development
Social Orders
The Dueterostomia
Echinoderms
Hemichordata
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 13: Chordates
Classifications
Fish
Amphibia
Reptiles
Birds and Mammals
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 14: Blood and Immunology
Properties of Blood and its Components
Clotting
Gas Transport
Erythrocyte Production and Morphology
Defense Systems
Types of Immunity
Antigen-Antibody Interactions
Cell Recognition
Blood Types
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 15: Transport Systems
Nutrient Exchange
Properties of the Heart
Factors Affecting Blood Flow
The Lymphatic System
Diseases of the Circulation
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 16: Respiration
Types of Respiration
Human Respiration
Respiratory Pathology
Evolutionary Adaptations
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 17: Nutrition
Nutrient Metabolism
Comparative Nutrient Ingestion and Digestion
The Digestive Pathway
Secretion and Absorption
Enzymatic Regulation of Digestion
The Role of the Liver
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 18: Homeostasis and Excretion
Fluid Balance
Glomerular Filtration
The Interrelationship Between the Kidney and the Circulation
Regulation of Sodium and Water Excretion
Release of Substances from the Body
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 19: Protection and Locomotion
Skin
Muscles: Morphology and Physiology
Bone
Teeth
Types of Skeletal Systems
Structural Adaptations for Various Modes of Locomotion
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 20: Coordination
Regulatory Systems
Vision
Taste
The Auditory Sense
Anesthetics
The Brain
The Spinal Cord
Spinal and Cranial Nerves
The Autonomic Nervous System
Neuronal Morphology
The Nerve Impulse
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 21: Hormonal Control
Distinguishing Characteristics of Hormones
The Pituitary Gland
Gastrointestinal Endocrinology
The Thyroid Gland
Regulation of Metamorphosis and Development
The Parathyroid Gland
The Pineal Gland
The Thymus Gland
The Adrenal Gland
The Mechanisms of Hormonal Action
The Gonadotrophic Hormones
Sexual Development
The Menstrual Cycle
Contraception
Pregnancy and Parturition
Menopause
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 22: Reproduction
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
Gametogenesis
Fertilization
Parturation and Embryonic Formation and Development
Human Reproduction and Contraception
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 23: Embryonic Development
Cleavage
Gastrulation
Differentiation of the Primary Organ Rudiments
Parturation
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 24: Structure and Function of Genes
DNA: The Genetic Material
Structure and Properties of DNA
The Genetic Code
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Genetic Regulatory Systems
Mutation
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 25: Principles and Theories of Genetics
Genetic Investigations
Mitosis and Meiosis
Mendelian Genetics
Codominance
Di- and Trihybrid Crosses
Multiple Alleles
Sex Linked Traits
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
The Law of Independent Segregation
Genetic Linkage and Mapping
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 26: Human Inheritance and Population Genetics
Expression of Genes
Pedigrees
Genetic Probabilities
The Hardy-Weinberg Law
Gene Frequencies
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 27: Principles and Theories of Evolution
Definitions
Classical Theories of Evolution
Applications of Classical Theory
Evolutionary Factors
Speciation
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 28: Evidence for Evolution
Definitions
Fossils and Dating
The Paleozoic Era
The Mesozoic Era
Biogeographic Realms
Types of Evolutionary Evidence
Ontogeny
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 29: Human Evolution
Fossils
Distinguishing Features
The Rise of Early Man
Modern Man
Overview
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 30: Principles of Ecology
Definitions
Competition
Interspecific Relationships
Characteristics of Population Densities
Interrelationships with the Ecosystem
Ecological Succession
Environmental Characteristics of the Ecosystem
Short Answer Questions for Review
Chapter 31: Animal Behavior
Types of Behavioral Patterns
Orientation
Communication
Hormonal Regulation of Behavior
Adaptive Behavior
Courtship
Learning and Conditioning
Circadian Rhythms
Societal Behavior
Short Answer Questions for Review
Index

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Students have generally found biology a difficult subject to understand and learn. Despite the publication of hundreds of textbooks in this field, each...

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Useful for the DAT.......2007-09-06

Bought this for DAT preparation. Found it to be very useful since that Bio on the DAT is becoming progressively more difficult. Ended up doing very well in Bio on the DAT (not just due to this book but this book did help a lot).

This made studying biology easier........2005-02-17

All in all a very good book. I used this book last two semesters for my biology classes and found it very helpful. It explained difficult concepts like what I read in my college textbook in an easier way. If you want great test preparation questions to learn from, I highly recommend getting which is also on amazon--The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
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These four books helped me get excellent grades in my college biology classes.

A Must For Every Biology Student.......2003-03-15

For the buck, the best aid that you'll get in studying biology. Books like Campbell are good, but they cost over twice as much, and don't tell you as much. The Biology Problem Solver basically covers every bit about Biology, in a very organized fashion. It's question and answer format helps direct one's queries and thoughts. Sections that I find particularly interesting, like on ecology and invertebrates, I learned a good deal more about. Sections I find less interesting, like cellular and molecular biology, were illuminating and very easy to understand. I have particularly enjoyed the evolutionary diagrams and taxonomic lists at the end of the text. When I needed to study in undergrad, this book was invaluable, and the sample tests at the end helped to amply prepare me. Today when I have a question about Biology, I turn to this text first for in-depth coverage.

The BIology Problem Solver.......2000-04-02

A well organized review material for undergrad levelled general biology. Different from heavy volumed, too broadly covered other biology textbooks, this book focuses on important topics and guides from easy questions to challenged ones. Especially, for the biological functional aspects, this book allows lot of portion and makes it more efficient to get high scores in exams. I studied this book with Campbell's Biology (4th ed.) to prepare GRE Subject test and got over 95% score two years ago.

Highly recommendable biology book to summarize overall course works and prepare for any undergrad level-biology exams. The only drawback of this book is the relatively weak coverage of modern molecular biology section.

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Decent source of GRE-like questions

Useful with other similar guides

Full of egregious errors

WORST review book.

Horrible horrible horrible book

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Decent source of GRE-like questions.......2007-10-07

Ignore the review portion of this book, because it's so riddled with errors, omissions, and half-truths that it's likely to hurt your score. (Some blatant examples: On page 12, in the table of amino acid properties and structures, Asn and Gln have the same structure. Also, Figure 2.6 (Oxidation of an Aldose...) and Figure 2.15 (Negative Feedback Inhibition...) are exactly the same. That's when I stopped reading.)

However, it's worth buying a used copy just for the three practice tests/worked answers in the back. While these tests don't follow the standard GRE Biology format, the questions cover the material you're likely to see on the exam, and there seem to be fewer errors in this part of the book.

Useful with other similar guides.......2006-06-04

It is always a good idea to use several guides for GRE and similar tests preparation. This is one them. It becomes useful only when you study it along other test guides available in the market.

Full of egregious errors.......2006-03-28

1. Page 17. Isoleucine is wrong. The methyl group goes on the other side. It looks like you are showing L-allo-isoleucine, which does not, to my knowledge, occur in biology.
2. Page 17. Threonine is completely wrong. It has a methyl, not an ethyl group built on Serine. You show it having 5 carbons when it has 4.
3. Page 19. Histidine is wrong. The CH2 off the central carbon of the amino-carboxyl end is shown attached to the wrong carbon atom in the pent-ring. They are showing a nonbiological isomer.
4. Page 28. List of essential amino acids is wrong. List leaves out Arginine. List doesn't even agree with the count in the paragraph. The correct number is 9, with 10 for infants.
5. Page 36. Shows Pyruvate Kinase as the end step. It's the enzyme, and Pyruvate is the product.
6. Page 36. Dihydroxyacetone, not diydroxyacetane.
7. Page 36. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate, not just dihydroxyacetone.
9. Page 36. Phosphoenolpyruvate, not phosphoenalpyruvate.

That's as far as I've read in detail so far. Forgive me, but this book looks thrown together in pretty slapdash fashion. I suppose it's a bit amusing to be kept on ones toes while reviewing material by looking for errors, but I hope nobody is expecting this book to be correct.

WORST review book........2004-12-06

This was far and away the absolute worst review book I have ever seen for anything. It was full of poorly worded questions with even worse answer explanations. Tons of spelling and grammatical errors and other mistakes, like an answer being listed with the wrong letter. Is the letter or the answer correct? Who knows? These people need an editor, or need to go back to grade school. I can't believe they publish this book without spell checking it. Very frustrating to attempt to study out of this. Completely useless and a waste of valuable study time.

Horrible horrible horrible book.......2004-11-12

I don't even know where to begin with this book. Its written in granny print so just because the book looks huge and full of information its because the font is big enough for you to read from 10 feet away. Has very little information and this is evident when you start taking the "practice" exams in the back of the book. Sure they explain the answers but you wouldn't be able to find any of them in their so called "comprehensive" review. The practice tests are full of spelling, grammar, and answer errors. The tests don't even closely resemble the format of the GRE practice book. In the practice book from ETS there are approximately 40 questions based on data analysis, the tests in this study book contain 4. This book was a rip-off. Shame on the publisher for releasing such an unrefined piece of crap.

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Great reference for undergraduate microbiology

Microbiology Super Review
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Get all you need to know with Super Reviews! Each Super Review is packed with in-depth, student-friendly topic reviews that fully explain everything about the subject. The Microbiology Super Review examines the history and scope of microbiology, equipment, techniques, diversity of microorganisms, microbial metabolism, transport of molecules, bacterial growth, control of microbial growth, microbial genetics, microbes in disease, microbes in the environment, and more! Take the Super Review quizzes to see how much you've learned - and where you need more study. Makes an excellent study aid and textbook companion. Great for self-study!

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Great reference for undergraduate microbiology.......2003-08-05

I took a microbiology class in undergraduate and found this book quite thorough and well-organized no nonsense approach. It got right to the point, without the added wording of many textbooks. I also used the Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi which is on amazon.com.
I found the last book to be quite on the mark with the type of questions to know for the test. These two books really helped alleviate many surprise questions on my microbiology exams. My friend who took microbiology last year recommended these two books. He was right, these two books helped me get an A.

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Helpful, but some careless typos

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Helpful, but some careless typos.......2003-07-16

This book is of chapters on topics in high school biology. The chapters consist of a series of questions and answers. It is an interesting format, but is not sufficient to learn the topics. Think of this as a supplement to regular study or as a refresher course and you will be closer to the mark.

The images included in the book are useful, but in this day and age I would have expected at least some use of color. Color can aid understanding when used well. However, too often it is distracting because it is used for glitz. I am arguing to a judicious use to clarify the points addressed.

The one thing that disturbs me is the careless typos I have found (so how many have I NOT found?). For example: on page 2 the give the exponential notation for microns in millimeters and meters. Then they give Ångstroms in microns millimeters and meters. However, they exponents for the meters are switched (backwards) between microns and Ångstroms.

Then on page 11 the first give the formula for acetic acid as CH3COO, but then as CH3COOH (which is correct).

These might confuse a student trying to get some background in the subject.

I wrote the company for this book and asked for the errata sheet and they told me that they were unaware of errors, but would check into them and get back with me. The assured me they want to provide an accurate and dependable guide. I believe them. But right now, this one has a couple of issues that readers need to be aware of.

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very informative

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very informative.......2000-04-28

This book was very informative. One of the better books Ive seen for Biology. I was very impressed with the explanations of things in the book.

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